*~Lance would be seen in the middle of a grassy plain accompanied by a couple of trees here and there. He stood there awaiting for an opponent to show, its been far too long since his last battle had happened.~*

*Etna would Enter the field, With Etna in hand, the large Key was drooling, still napping it seemed. Dragging the key closer to Lance Etna would freeze up, a person...and Deus was asleep...uh oh...* "Uh, umm..t-that is to s-say... Y-you ummm me....f-f-fight.." *She prayed that her feeble attempts at communication would get across.*

*Etna would pick up the huge key with both hands, slinging at Lance without the slightest hesitation, it would fly at him like a saw, flames spilling of it, a fairly good opening move. Etna advanced quickly afterward, building up Shikyo (her chakra) as moved.*

*~Lance noticed her sling the giant key towards him as placed his arm up as he went to block it. from his shoulder to his fist split open releasing his scythe head (See the aid below to get an idea of what it looks like.) to block against the key and send it elsewhere. The scythe head from his shoulder went all the way down to his fist plus an additional three inches. He noticed as she was building up chakra as he channeled his soul wavelength into his other hand punching the ground causing a shock wave of explosive proportions to form going at a 10 ft radius hoping to catch her in the blast radius. If the shock wave touched any part of her it would cause severe damage to her soul if she were to be hit by this.~*

*Etna would chain change, switching places with the deflected Key then retract it back to her, this would place her out of the range of the shock wave, she would then hold out her free hand and her nails would extend shooting out at Lance from somewhere above him and a bit back (where the key was deflected to). The razor sharp claw like nails would pierce straight through him if he didnt do anything about it. her energy continued to build up, and since he directly deflected Deus, the flames that she was coated in would be most likely on his body, and around him as well. and steadily spreading out more.*

*~The flame would only travel to his blade as he surged his own wavelength into it to hopefully cancel out the flames as he noticed how she switched her body with the key as well as nails coming towards him. He instantly jumped into the air and made his way towards Etna his foot now transforming into the long scythe blade as he aimed a diagonal like kick aiming to slice her in half with enough force to chop a tree in one motion.~*

*Etna would retract her nails, slashing Deus with her Other hand, clashing with the scythe-leg, with equal, or very likely greater force, since Etna was quite the powerhouse. Several Chains and bandages would shoot out, grasping at Lance's limbs and torso, aiming to hold him in place. She continued molding her shikyo as this happened.*

*~Lance would be entangled within the bandages as he would kick off the giant key giving him about an inch of lee away as his leg transformed into something else, suddenly a large blast of soul energy mixed with his own explosive wavelength converged towards Etna at a point blank range disintegrating the bandages and sending him back some from the recoil as he did a mid air recovery landing several feet away from her as he watched the aftermath of what happened. If she were to be caught in the blast radius then she would be dealt significant damage physically and to her soul, the same things goes for the key if it has a soul of its own.~*

*They'd be blasted back, and damaged pretty badly, to boot, this soul damage was no joke. However, she was resilient, and her bandages were as well, and she was borderline immune to fire, so she rose to her feet fairly quickly, shaken from the attack, But the pain and injuries she sustained only made her stronger. Etna would resume molding her Shikyo, as she waited.*

*~Lance was kinda puzzled with this his attack hit and she took damage to her soul but for some reason she rose faster then anyone he faced after being hit with such an attack. She wasn't immune to it so maybe she just loves pain then. With that Lance scythes would form from his shoulders down to his fist once more as he flexed his muscles causing two 3 foot poles to form as the two twin scythes would float in the air before lance grabbing them and placed together to form his double bladed scythe. He was glad to see that he is able to his his weapon fully instead of various parts so he got into a stance and motioned Etna forward. She been charging up something for a while and he wanted to see what it was exactly.~*

*Without hesitation, Etna advanced forward, stumbling a bit from the previous attack, but she'd press onward, flames streaming off her body as she advanced. The rise in temperature making her a more adept fighter. Her attack was direct, leaping into the air she'd raise Deus above her head.* "Giga-" -- "Impact"*Deus would speak the second word, as chains from Etna's body shot into the ground, pulling her down with even greater force. The key was aimed to rend Lance's body into with an immense attack capable splitting the ground accompanied by a shock wave that could topple trees easily. Nothing to special, but definitely not something to be trifled with.*

*~Lance looked up as he charged his wavelength through both ends of his scythe as he twirled his scythe all around him at hyper sonic speeds creating rings of his own wavelength as the key was on its way towards him he would collide against the key with just as much force as she brought down due to the speed he was moving his scythe at. From the collision caused a large explosion of his wavelength once more knocking the two of them back hella far, lance would use his scythe to slow him down as his clothes would be tattered significantly as burn marks and other injuries were shown on his person.~*

"I need..to get better with my explosions."

*~He had to recuperate but he wondered how Etna fared against that attack, hopefully if she taken damage like before this time it may put her out of commission.~*

*Etna would be blown back, receiving great damage yet again, the flames had no effect on her, but the soul aspect of the attack was something she couldn't deal with yet.* "You might not be able to win this on Etna."*Deus would say as Etna, after a while, rose shakily to her feet, leaning on Deus for support, she needed a plan. Chains would spring forth from her body, some stabbing into the ground, and others floating around her, from wounds opened with the last attack blood and lava would begin seeping out, all she could do now was wait and think.*

*~Lance would be catching his breath as he looked towards Etna with his soul perception analyzing what was coming from her. It looked to be lava but he wasn't sure so as a precaution he started expanding his wavelength throughout the area as he rose to his feet dusting him self off some.~*

Gotta buy time...

*~He thought to himself as he gripped his weapon tightly upon doing the bottom section of his scythe split vertically down the middle causing the blades to rest against the pole leaving a mid sized hole in its place this being the cannon portion of his scythe as he jumped into the air heading towards her sending multiple blast of his wavelength towards her causing the lava to spread out elsewhere hopefully hitting her in the process. From his soul perception he could tell that her soul was becoming weak and so he needed to capitalize. Hopefully this would be enough. ~*

*Deus seemed to be resistant to these attacks, and with Etna being highly injured, Deus was even stronger. Etna would use Deus to block the shots that were likely to hit her and not the lava, stumbling backward with every impact, but managing to hold on.*"Deus, help me."*Etna would say, continuing her defense.*"Well...there may be a way...I'll have to take the part of your soul thats in your body, since thats the weakest part of your soul, but you'll only be able to fight unhindered for a few minutes."*One attack would land near Etna, blasting her back yet again, and with the Deus took action, the key would rise into the air, stabbing into Etna's body, but spilling no blood. It would turn once, draining her soul from her, then turn yet again, locking her body. With this, she would be a soulless vessel, for but a few minutes (I guess about 5 of my posts or so). Rising to her feet, she would dust herself off.*"I got it Deus, lets go."*Etna would say, only just now realizing that having eaten her soul, made Deus enter her blood lust mode. Etna would take off toward Lance, moving fast as a result of all the pain she'd acquired, and the fact that Deus' blood lust form makes her as light as a feather to Etna.*

*~Lance watched the whole transaction of what had occurred as he saw her soul placed inside of the key,that honestly was kinda cool but gay at the same time. Now realizing where she was since lance was still airborne he launched his cannon towards her at a point blank range only this time he infused his Blast energy into it being a different type of explosion from his wavelength as this focused more on the external and internal parts excluding the soul. Even if she shown some resistance from the previous explosions this one should prove to be in a different class then normal so hopefully it will cause her more damage and put her down this time.~*

"..."

*~Once he fired the blast the recoil from it would cause him to land on the ground as he looked up to observe what happens next.~*

*It was obvious that a point black shot would come, so Etna would raise Deus before her, blocking the majority of the attack, though Etna would still be forced to the ground from the force, however at this range he chains would grant an advantage, they'd shoot around behind him with their bladed tips headed for his back, with the recoil from the shot forcing him back and their speed while moving forward, he just might take some good damage for the first time.*"If Etna wasn't so injured that would've broken me!"*Deus would say, with a sort of O.O expression. The flames from the attack singed Etnas body, temporarily shutting down her left arm from the accumulated damage. she was still a bit shaky, but she couldn't afford slowing down, Doubling the blood in her body she would dash straight in slashing at Lance from the front repeatedly, while the chains neared his back, fangs sprouting from them to accompany the assault.*

*~Lance took note that the chains were coming and then took note as Etna came charging towards him he couldn't dodge both so he went for the one that threatened him the most. So he took the hit of the claws going at his back while he collided with Etna in one short stopping the multiple slices. His strength was impressive and this key was fucking heavy but he had a counter and this would be the best time to use it. Instantly his scythe split into two followed by a long chain that entangled the key as he used all his strength to hopefully lung both him and Etna into the air hopefully catching her off guard since she didnt know his scythe could be a chain scythe as well. So if he was able to send her in the air he would follow her since he entangled the key as he went in with both his scythes in an X like fashion aiming to slice her directly in the chest and hopefully put her down for good.~*

(I got a bit mixed up even after reading 3 times, I'm thinking that the key was kept near you? So I'm just gonna respond as such. I'll Edit if needed.)

*Etna would in fact be flung skyward. When she was thrown the chains and their blades and 'fangs' would rip out of Lance's body, not a minor injury at all, Etna would taste the blood from one chain, and shift straight to Blood lust mode herself. Biting her tongue she'd spit forth blood and lava at the fast approaching Lance, the blood would form a highly agile Blood Doll, which would unleash as series of hasty strikes with its claws, the lava would come falling behind it, a little surprise for if Lance made it past the blood doll. The chains would regroup and Etna would send them at Lance again, targeting him from every angle. This needed to end quick, she would begin molding Shikyou once again as she began falling toward Lance, a coating of blood appearing on Deus all this transpired.*

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*~Lance eyes widened as the blood doll emerged but quickly regained his composure gripping his scythes tightly while adding his own destructive wavelength as well as the blast energy to one of the blades as he spent the chain at hyper sonic speeds causing the scythes to look like an orange and red propeller as he used some of the blast energy as thrusters to cause him to travel faster. He was planning on going straight through both the blood doll and the lava as well for as soon as he had made contact a large explosion that would even catch Etna in the blast radius as he would aim to take everything out including the claws coming towards him. He would fall into the ground his clothes singed and tattered completely now as he coughed up some blood, surprisingly standing from his last explosion as he seems to gain some sort of resistance from his own explosions question now is how would Etna fair against it.~*

*Colliding with the blood doll would no doubt result in at least some of the blood ending up on Lance's skin and or clothes, the blood, being corrosive would eat away at him, pretty quickly, the lava that she spat out would be forced back toward her from the explosion allowing her to hastily form a then shell to reduce some of the damage. The blast would send her higher into the air, her soul safe in Deus' body that aspect wouldn't harm her, and with her great resistance to flames, those wouldn't harm her too much if at all, but the concussive force of the explosion would hurt, especially with the wounds she'd already sustained, she needed to end this fast win or lose she was enraged and in Blood lust form so pain didn't phase her as much as before, or rather, she was too mad to care about pain. As she fell rapidly toward the ground from the explosion, she would regain her composure once closer to the ground, prepping another attack, falling fast she would force a large portion of energy into Deus, slashing down upon Lance with all that momentum and a highly amplified* "Final Blast"*The enraged Etna would whisper the words as an immense slash made contact, resulting in a huge explosion powerful enough to even damage Etna herself, a hefty little crater left behind in the destruction of the attack, just how would Lance meet this attack?*

*~The blood would more or less be disintegrated being that it was in the core of the explosions and what not but now for the matter at hand seeing as her attack came towards him he would counter act with his own finishing move that he set earlier, his wavelength expanded far enough for Etna to be in range of as he formed a hand sign causing the area to shine brightly. This would be around the time where Etna said the name of her move as he did the same as well.~*

"Casualty of Souls!!"

*~This would be Lance's trump card as he would answer her explosion with an even bigger explosion only this time unlike before it would target all that was in the area including the key targeting both her and wherever Etna's soul in the process. (Soul Perception) Whether or not Etna explosion would be overpowered by his he would take the slash no problem as the crater they were in would grow larger as the area they was in would become a total wasteland. Lance could be seen on the ground barely with clothes on as he lay there for a second looking into the sky breathing extremely heavily. Wondering if Etna would be alright~*